This edition presents the novel Elixirs of Satan, dedicated to Hoffman's favorite theme - the destructive effect of the dark half of the human personality. Moreover, the invasion of evil into the human soul is determined both by hereditary causes and by the action of external, demonic supernatural forces. The main character, the monk Medardus, having accidentally tasted a mysterious liquid from a crystal bottle, becomes an involuntary bearer of evil. The narration, told on his behalf, allows you to follow the monastery passages and cells, and then through the motley world and experience everything that the monk endured in life - terrible, terrifying, insane and ridiculous...Addressed to everyone who is attracted by the world of the mysterious and unusual. p>